When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.
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Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
Job
Wisdom / JobSo that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
Deuteronomy
LawTherefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
Psalms
PoetryShall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosSo king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
2 Chronicles
HistoryMoreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Matthew
GospelsAnd Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
Genesis
LawAnd I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD.
Numbers
LawWherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
Genesis
LawThe sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
Acts
HistoryBut he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
Luke
Gospels / LukeOnly the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD'S firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the LORD'S.
Leviticus
LawHe only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
Psalms
PoetryThey bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?
Mark
GospelsAs soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Beth-lehem, to go to enter into Egypt,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsWho is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?